Layla or Leila??

I prefer the spelling Leila. I think it's georgous. One of my best friends from college was named Leila.

In my mind, Leila is pronounced "lee-la" (like the Futurama character) and Layla is "lay-la"

The song is not actually about a prostitute, despite what many people think. The short version is, the song was written by Clapton during the time he was in love with Pattie Boyd, George Harrison's (then) wife, but specifically about "The Story of Layla and Majnun" which he was given while he agonised over whether to pursue Boyd or not. See this page for more info.

Anyway, I think Layla is prettier than Leila (regardless of how you pronounce it)

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I prefer Layla!!

Such a pretty name.

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me too... very sweet :p

I really like that name. But I think Leila would go better with Sayle. I do prefer the spelling of Layla as it's more obvious how to actually pronounce it (if that's the way you want to pronounce it), but nevertheless, either way you go it's a beautiful name (: Good Luck xoxoxox

I agree with others that Leila is confusing in terms of pronounciation. My best friend in high school was Leila (pronounced Lee-la) & it did cause confusion.

I love your choice of name,
maybe you can just add a circumflex to the e in Leila, therefore spelling it L?ila to avoid the confusion.

I was thinking of T?la , if my baby is a girl, but im not completely sure on that.

I think Leila looks prettier :)

I think Leila is prettier, but I would pronounce it Lie-la. I would go with Layla if you wanted it pronounced Lay-la.